Monday was a memorable day for Jake Owen. The singer had the tip of his right ring finger amputated at 10:30 a.m. and then hopped on stage that night to play his free Nashville Block Party in celebration of his fourth consecutive No. 1 single, “Anywhere With You.”

“So today they cut from the joint up, they took it off,” Owen said before the show. “I’m kind of trying to pretend like it doesn’t hurt right now, but it’s a little sensitive. Yeah, it hurts. I was like, ‘Man, you don’t realize? Can we just wait and do this tomorrow because I have this show tonight that’s a really big deal?’”

Owen’s doctor insisted, and seven hours after the surgery — the culmination of an injury to his fingers that occurred during a go-kart accident over Fourth of July weekend — Owen was all smiles as he held up his hand to show off his bandage.

Think of Dierks Bentley's new single as the 2013 version of "I Walk the Line."

Dierks Bentley performs at LP Field for the 2013 CMA Music Festival Saturday June 8, 2013, in Nashville, Tenn. (photo: Larry McCormack/The Tennessean)

"I Hold On," which Bentley will include on his forthcoming album "Riser," echoes the closely held faith and steely determination of the Johnny Cash classic.

"It's so me, so personal, yet it's so universal at the same time," Bentley says in a behind-the-scenes video, premiering at USA TODAY, that shows the singer on the road and in the studio. "It's kind of a song of self-discovery, too."

Fans go wild as Eric Church performs at LP Field for the first nightly concert at the 2013 CMA Music Festival on Thursday. (Photo Larry McCormack/The Tennessean)

Music fans who made it to Nashville in June to attend CMA Music Festival will get the chance to relive some of their favorite moments when the three-hour television special “CMA Music Festival: Country's Night to Rock” airs 7 p.m. Monday Aug. 12 on ABC.